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She helped lead the backchannel effort to get Israeli and Palestine Liberation Organization leaders in the same room to hash out an interim agreement that was to serve as a basis for peace. Nearly 30 years later, the Oslo Accords have been seen alternately as historic or tragic, with plenty of blame—or credit, depending on…
The United Nations has long preached the wisdom of transparency and accountability to the outside world, but has failed to practice the same principles in its own backyard – or even on the 39th floo
The United Nations has long preached the wisdom of transparency and accountability to the outside world, but has failed to practice the same principles in its own backyard – or even on the 39th floo
Sustainable infrastructure can drive development and COVID-19 recovery: UNEP report Unsplash/Victor Garcia / 04 Mar 2021 Zimbabwe has long struggled with crippling power outages, some of which can last up to 18 hours a day. The cuts have been especially hard on the country’s hospitals and clinics, forcing nurses to deliver babies by candlelight and doctors to postpone emergency surgeries. But that is starting to change. Since 2017, Zimbabwe has installed solar panels atop more than 400 healthcare facilities, steadying power supplies and replacing expensive and polluting diesel-fired generat...
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, seeking another term, has just been graded by a feminist group on his work in 2020 promoting women’s rights. Secretary-General António Guterres heading to a virtual meeting with Tariq Ahmad, British minister of state, to discuss the commemoration of the U.N.’s 75th anniversary, Jan. 10, 2021. (Mark Garten / UN Photo) This story originally appeared on PassBlue, which provides independent coverage of the United Nations. The widely shared hopes in 2016 that a woman could finally be elected secretary-general of the United Nations at the end of Ban Ki...